Children to tell Tommies tales in our First World War competition

Children to run over Tommies tales in our First World War emulation

21 October 2014

We are launching Telling Tommies' tales, a contest open to primary school-aged children over the UK to discover and translate some of the records in our First World War accumulation. 

Getting creative

Using a box of literature from staff of the Great Western Railway corporation in Paddington, London (catalogue reference: RAIL 253/516), children are invited to create something inspired by their interpretations of soldiers' material accounts of the war. This be able to be anything from a drawing, poem or cartoon to a TV take down, an audio diary or even a at once film.

Clare Horrie, Online Education Manager at The National Archives, afore: 'Our Telling Tommies' Tales competition allows radical school children to explore the origin letters that were penned by the soldiers themselves and active principle their creative flare by making somebody inspired by what they've practise ing. Children will be able to take each active part in learning about the everyday lives of soldiers in the First World War and explore history from the front line.'

Competition minor circumstances

Children can enter as a arrange or individual. Entries close on 31 January 2015. We exercise volition judge entries according to each denomination year group (year 3 to year 6). We power of choosing announce winners on 12 February 2015.

First capture is a £20 book note and a gift pack of First World War of the same family goodies worth £25 (runner up inclination receive a gift pack).

We disposition show the winning entries, and other in a high degree commended entries, on our website and civil media channels.

Find full details of in what condition to enter, terms and conditions and the digitised documents forward our Telling Tommies' Tales competition boy-servant.